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FOREST AND STREAM. 
tJort? 6, 1901. 
After Taking-. 
Thb' Shooting- Times and British Sportsmat), in its issue of Jtine 
15, in a report of the Anglo-American clay bird match for £ljOOO, 
by way of illustrating some differences, states; "The conditions 
of the sport are not qtiite as equal as they once appeared, for 
while the United Kingdom team have the advantage ot the second 
barrel, the Americans use a charge of powder and shot which 
allows of no escape should the bird get within the circle of tlie 
charge. We illtistrate the diiterent lengths of cartridges used by 
both teams, from which it will be seen how great is the advantage 
on the side of the Americans. We are anxious of coiirsc not to 
discount the shooting abilities of our visitors.^ Thej- are brilliant 
shots and keen as razors on the business. They are all men of 
mature years, not likely to get exxited, but rather to improve as 
the contest progresses." 
The illustiations show one shell 2%in, Jong, under which is the 
following: 
"Exact size English cartridge; load, 3drs, powder, l%oz. No. 7 
shot, 382 pellets." 
Another shell 3*/iin. loixg is shown, under which is the following: 
"Exact size American cartridge; load 44grs. or 4drs. powder, 
l^oz. No. VVa shot, 436 pellets." 
The Shooting' Times seemingly overlooks the fact that the tise 
lof both barrels gave to each member of the English team a total 
'of 6drs. of powder, 2Vioz. of shot and Bin. of shell consumed for 
<each target. The difference between Sdis, of powder and 44grs. is 
MOt Idr. 
The Field, London, says: 
"It was further agreed that, while the American team should 
cinly be allowed the use of one barrel, they should be permitted 
to load with VAoz. of shot and any leugtii of case as well as any 
weight of gun, wliile the English team had the use of two barrels, 
but were restricted to the use of ll-soz. of shot in their cartridges. 
Five conipetitions at 100 birds each man, and the best three out of 
tile five to win. It can_ be seen, therefore, that the match was 
tinder conditions which differed on each side, and leaves the result 
somewhat difficult to correctly estimate, one's opinion of the form 
shown by each of the teams being necessarily affected by the view 
taken of the rules luider which they respectively competed. To- 
day's competition was won by the American team, who made S66 
"breaks out of 1,000 birds to their opponents' 801, the best score on 
the American side being- Mr. W. R. Crosby's of 93, and the best 
for the home team, Mr. F. Izzard's of 87, the visiting team winning 
by a majority of 65 kills. That the American team are one and all 
crack shots there can be no question, but on the other hand it 
must be stated that in style, to which we attach some value in 
this country, they were deficient. They held their butts con- 
itinuously to their shoulders, except when loading on the firing line, 
:and their guns were extremeJy heavy ones, few of them weighing 
Hinder 81bs., and several of tiiem with barrels of 32in. in length. 
JF.urther, their cartridge cases, for which their gvns were specially 
':\'tambered, were from Sin. to ^Vsin. in length, containing a heavy 
f. hairge of powder below six or seven thick felt wads, which, with 
]_i '.ozL of lYz chilled shot, helped to fill up the unusually long 
caS'- ^' S^'^h guns and charges could not ot course be used in ordi- 
fig^^y shooting, and there is no doubt that by using them, very 
"ikiflfi '''^S'' must be recognized, the American shooters were 
greatlv h«lped to overcome their British competitors, shooting 
with lie ^^^^ guns and smaller loads- On the conditions proposed 
by the v 'sitors and agreed to by the home team, there can be no 
question I Americans won fait.ly. Butj all the same, on- 
lookers cou '^^'P -wishing that they had been enabled to wit- 
ness a conte ^^^^^ betwjeen competitors fairly matched by equal 
conditions on e^ch side. That this was not so, however, was no fault 
of the visitors, • ^^^ose cHiallenge was accepted with what must be 
regarded as wa °^ caution by the British team, which they 
may probably be ' cxpecteffl mot to exhibit to the saine degree in any 
future arrang-eme * "^^ maternational event of the kind. * ♦ • 
Under the terms ^ arraragsjnent the teams on both sides were 
somewhat altered fe^ .aawnd event, but the change did not 
nneratp in thp favr « of the iBjitish Side. Ram fell freely during 
the progress of the t tooting tex^y interfering with the attendance, 
which on the first i ^>'.'fas eontsiderable. 
Some excellent scores 
were compiled by in. ^'^Midiral .Anastsarican shooters, showing that the 
makers of them hid t VjTTOughly mastered the use of the heay guns 
Tnd charts Tev com, Wted Vith, while the scoring made by their 
British'orponenrs'so"rll, v^hat cti-scline^ At no time did the rnatch 
anoear likelv to be dec '«fted ifawrably (or the home team, and it 
must havfe been rather d W^^^X'^r theia to ^ruggle against skill 
quite equal to their own, l^fiUWd to guns and charges much better 
suited than theirs for the WJtSicular work that had to be done. In 
any such match hereafter i. "isW-Puld conditioned that all the rules 
are the same for both sides 'a^ ^^d the American team consented 
tp shoot on English conditi W^S^. both as to guns and cartridges, a 
much more interesting conti ^'£1^' li^ve resulted. 
"Thursday, June 13 -What 'J^^r ^° ^''^l '^"n^f n V?-,f c 
between the American and . Vgjlisb teanis took place this after- 
noon, when the visitors again ^a-^^^d their superiority, and won in 
the niost decisive manner! Th, ? ^-cores were : American 843 out of 
LOOO, English 749. In the thre e -vTiatches the aggregate score of 
iTie American team showed 2,BS T A^reaks out of a possible 3 000. 
against the English total of 2,344. U'Pt. Money officiated as referee 
throughout the contest, and the jTenv-iral arrangements were cred- 
itable to all concerned in the orgai nza/'on of the ^^^Ung. 
The terms of the match specially ' set forth that any ength of 
shell and charge of powder allowabl e for ^fach team. Twelve-gauge 
guns only. The English were allo wed tlie use of two barrels to 
the Americans' one. In this country 1% ^z- of shot will break tar- 
gets, and is the quantity that nearly all ta ^get shooters use. From 
time immemorial we have heard of "Brii 'sh fair play, and had 
come to believe it a bettor brand thai 1 that produced elsewhere, but 
as it concerns the writers of contests (not the contestants them- 
selves) we would like to know the exact mei. '"'"S ot ine term. 
Under the caption "fhe American Matoh.V ' Qie Gouifty Gentle- 
man, England, has the following editorial: , a^<.^:^^„ -.i-,,,' 
The veTy interesting match between British . t^'';t?' 
bird shooters, arranged about a month ago, lit, ^ "^"'^ week oeen 
decided at Hendon. ^With the ^iew 01' faithfully =°'A;f>'7,^„'° .^"f 
readers a fuU description, with illustrations, pi ^'"^„;"^f°/;ant 
contest, we present them with this number of the , 
man an illustrated supplement contammg the ful. '.^°r;'^; ^tht 
during the progress of the matdh and a descriptive i ^ 
event, which may have its vailue as a record of . ^ .hJ^^l ° „ 
occurrence in the shooting world— the first match witll ^"'^ thi 
ever decided between teams representing this counti. y ""^ 
United States of America. . . • 
We are glad to congratulaie our American cousins on . " 
sion on their splendid marksmanship. It was really a to iTrTifp^ 
able to watch ten crack shots, selected from all parts of tlhie „,", ^" 
States for their skill with the gun, siMJOting so superWy • j " J"- 
steadily together, even if their quarry i'kh week were taiiily . ; 
mate birds. Many of them„ we know, stre noted marksiinei > 'J j 
round in their own country, which they t& 5plefidid!y_ repr&sei 
this week, so far as shootiii.g powers are c««cemed in. itoor p 
formances at Hendon. We; tru.«it they may enjoy their visit 
England and return with the kimdltjist recollections of their Eoghs. ^ 
-friends and ciuite prepared to fifglid: their battle over again on sonml- 
-future occasion either in America or England. . - - ^ 
But while we have only conginaitulations for our shooting -mitor.^ 
from the United States, we- cannot help indicating the general ©pin- 
ion expressed during the contest, that to make it a thorough tnal 
of skill both teams shoul/d have been placed on exactly the_ same 
terms. At the first blush it wonld appear as if the concession of 
two barrels to the British team, while the Amicrican shooters were 
confined to the use of one, was an enormous advrtntage to the 
former. But as events turned out, it was se«n that the supposed 
advantage was more than balanced by the comcessioix of an %oz. 
more shot to the visiting team, coupled wifti the absence of all 
rules as to the size of the powder charge, the length' and size ot 
tlie cases, or the weight of the guns. Further, it rrniy have been 
observed that one of the conditions of challen;ge was that the clay 
birds should not be thrown so high or so far- as was the practice 
at the leading English clay bird clubs. These latter stipulations 
of course applied equally to both sides, but still there remained the 
advantage to the visitors of firing at clays Ithrown exactly in the 
manner they were accustocned to in Ameriea. 
On the whole, then, it cannot be said that the British team re- 
ceived any great advanta^ in the use of t'ivo barrels, -^yhen their 
.'Vmerican opponents went on shooting iui tlieir usuay style m 
America so effectively wiitli one. The American team, as j* was 
entitled to do, took full advantage of the freedom accorded to 
them to use guns of any weight they chose and cartridges of any 
length and load they approved of so long as l%oz. of shot was not 
If the decision of this match has any lessons for the future for 
Fnfflish clay bird snots, it is that much of t.he interest and success 
of such contests depend lapon each side being governed by the 
same conditions, and that these conditioms should embracte very 
definite regulations as to the guns as well as the cartridges to be 
used. Otherwise a question may arise as tci -ss-hether the nijifches 
are won or lost by the one side using heayies" charges than the 
■other, or stronger and heavier guns specially ud&pted tot tte srnJtsh- 
ing of cisiy birds. 
^""^^ points may suggest themselves to us when -we 
apply ourselves to the future of the sport in this country, it would 
oe unsportsmanlike to urge them just now, as if attempting thereby 
to account tor our present defeat. We have to admit that the 
British team was thoroughly and fairly beaten on its grounds, but 
only by a team of splendid marksmen ,whose skill in the use of 
the shotgun is probably unsurpassed by any other team" in the 
world. It only remains for English members of our clay bird 
clubs, such as the Middlesex, by hard practice to qualify them- 
selves by the next contest to occupy the honorable position to-day 
Jield by the American team and. to win that position as worthily as 
the members of it have done on the present occasion. 
The Americans in Great Britain. 
GlaiSGOW, Scotland, June 22.— Editor Forest and Strearh: Since 
WDtmg you last, our boys have been going on in the same old way 
annexing everytning that has been offered for competition. They 
have come out on top in every contest with the shot gun that has 
been gotten up for their benefit or amusement. 
Just one week ago they shot among themselves for a $200 cup 
ottered by the English for a contest at expert Yules, none but 
members of the American team to compete. The scores were: 
g''bert 1111101111111111110101111—22 
^udd , . , 1101101111111011111111111—22 
Crosby 1111110111111111111110100—21 
Heikes 1111101111111111100110111-21 
Merrill 1011101011111111101111111—21 
powers .„,.,,.. 1111110011111110111101111-21 
Fanning 1011110111111011110110111—20 
Of the nine others who shot in the competition all were dropped 
out at the end of the fifteenth round, none of them having any 
chance to win. Their scores, out of the 15 shot at, were: 
Marshall 10, Harrison 6. Leroy 11, Getchell 12, Parmelce 9. Tripp 
n, Elliott 9, Werk 4, Paul North 9. ' 
Scores in the shoot-off at 5 targets were as follows: 
Gilbert oillO 11110 11110 
l^udd 11100 10111 OOw 
Thus Gilbert won out and took the cup. It will be noticed that 
Budd had a great chance to win in the first tie, while Crosby had 
an apjjarent cinch on the cup up to the time he entered upon his 
last 5 in the main event. Later on in the afternoon he won a nice 
cup m a handicap target event, 
■^1°"'^^^'' -'^""'^ 'be boys went down to the grounds of the 
Welsh Harp, at Ilendon, and took part in the international match. 
The event was at 12 pigeons, |10 entrance, with four re-entries 
aJlowed. At the end of the ninth round not an Englishman was 
left in, but Parmelee finished with two straight scores out of his 
fiYC chances, while Heikes and Crosby each landed 12 straight on 
their fifth chance. On the shoot-off, miss-and-out, Crosby won 
the_ handsome trophy by killing 5 straight in the ties, Parmelee 
losing on both his chances quite early, and Heikes losing his fitfh 
tie bird, a simple streak of blue," as he called it. 
The Americans collared all the money in the sweeps, and also 
cleaned out the bookmakers. It was a great day for the Eagle 
and the Eagle's pocketbook. > 
On Wednesday the party left London for Edinburgh, and on 
the following day most of them came on to Glasgow, doing the 
Trossachs on the way. The weather was not favorable, but the 
trip was much enjoyed. All gathered together again at Glasgow 
later in the day, and yesterday drove out in a tal!v-ho to the 
shooting grounds for practice and sweepstake shooting. 
iSIext time I send you a letter I'll give a full description of the 
grounds and shooting arrangements, which are the most primitive 
I ever saw. In figuring on the results of the American-Scoth 
match of to-day, the scores of which will have reached the States 
by cable, it must be remembered that each team used both barrels, 
and that the shooting was known traps and angles. 
Yesterday afternoon there was a cup shoot at 20 targets, use of 
both barrels, $2.50 entrance. Parmelee, Leroy and Gilbert went 
straight and shot off for the trophy no Scotchman getting placed. 
Parmelee won with 10 straight to 9 made by each of the others. 
The cup was a very handsome one indeed. It should be noted 
that Parmelee's 20 were all broken with the first barrel, Gilbert 
required his second barrel twice and Leroy four times. 
During the day all the boys shot well. Parmelee and Budd 
missed only 1 out of 50, Merrill dropping 2 out of that number, I 
believe. 
I am scrry to say that Chan Powers is far from well, and wired 
Dick Merrill last night that the doctor was afraid typhoid fever was 
threatening him, "and that he expected to go to a hospital to-day. 
He is much rpissed, but the boys will see him to-morrow, as they 
go to London to-night. 
We all sail on the 29th by the steamship Cestrian for Boston, so 
you can expect us about July 8 or 9. 
Don't let it be forgotten that at the banquet at the Cafe Royal 
last Tuesday night, at which the American team were the guests 
of honor, the banquet itself was out of sight, and that the 
boys were royally entertained. 
Also don't let it be lost sight of that the Scotchmen here are 
looking after us in great shape, and are, if anything, almost too hos- 
pilabje. Glasgow and her Scotch shooters will not be easily 
forgotten by the boys. 
Edwarb Banks. 
Fitcfaborg Rifle and Gon Club 
Fjtchburc, Mass., June 27.— The Damon & Gould Co., of this 
city, have given a beautiful loving cup, to be contested for by a 
ten-man team from J^eominster and a lUce team ti-ora Fitchburg, 
each man to shoot at M targets at each shoot, and the club win- 
ning three shoots to own the cup. The cup will be put up the 
coming season as an individual prize hy the club winning it this 
season. 
The first shoot was held at Leominster, yesterday afternoon. 
This proved to be a very hot day, but outside of the heat, it was 
a perfect shooting day. 
For several years there has been a pleasant rivalry between the 
two clubs, and Leominster has always been just a little too hot 
for our boys. This trip, although it was a very hot day and the 
shoot was held on the Leominster grounds, the Fitchburg boys 
proved themselves just several degrees too hot for the other side. 
But the Leominster boys are "dead game sports." They will prob- 
ably come to Fitchburg with enough up their sleeves to make it 
very warm for us, but nevertheless we shall try and stay with 
them, and may the team that can smash the most bluerocks win. 
The following is the record: 
Fitchburg Team. 
Converse UllOllllOllOllllllllllOlOOlUlllllllllOOlOmilGl— 40 
Donovan 01111001110010111111111100111111111110111111111111—41 
Rob 10111011011100111101111101111011111110111111111110—40 
Taylor 11011001101010011011111111110111111101111111010011—37 
Esty 11111110011010011101110101101101111101001011111000—33 
Beane 10011110111111100111011011011011110110101110111011—36 
Wilder 11111111110011111110111110111111111111100111111111—44 
Dix 10001111101110100111111011011011001001111111001111—34 
Russell lOOllllOOOlOlOnilOllOllllllllOlOOllimilOlOlllll— 36 
Cutler iinminimooiimomiiimuiiiiiiiimiiiiii— 47 
388 
Leominster Team. 
Rice lllllllllllllllllllllOllllllllllllllOllimilOllOl— 46 
Andrews '.llllllOllOlOlllOlllllllllOllllllllllllOlOlOOlllllO— 40 
Woon 101011101100001101 lllllOlOCIlllllOllOllllllllOlOlll— 35 
.StHckney 10011011101011101111011110101011111101100111000110—33 
Gates iiooioooooooiioooiioiiiioiooiomioiiiioiiiuniii- 30 
Harris 11010100011111000011101111010100111001000010001010—25 
legate 10010100001011000111011011110001111010000110111100—26 
-{Farrar 01011111110111000110111101101011011111101111011110—36 
{Powers; 11011100111110001011111111111101100<U1101110111111— 38 
ii&nders 11000001010011010100100011111101100011101110111111—29 
338 
fune 24.— Our regular shoot was held at the Water street range 
-this afternoon. This was a nice day to shoot, except the wind was 
variable; but this kept all on their mettle; one had to watch every 
bird and see which way the wind was going to make it jump. 
Two 50-bird matches were shot. Converse won from Hawkins 
and Russell won from Dwight. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 
Targets: 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5p 25 5p 25 25 
9 10 
9 9 
5 9 
7 6 
9 
7 10 
5 4 
8 9 8 9 
6 24 
5 18 
5 
21 22 
6 19 22 
. 13 .. 
4 3 
Cutler ......4.-*.^^ 8 10 
Converse ; 1 . , . . 8 10 
'Donovan 4 6 
Andrews 8 
■Rob 7 
Hawkins • 4 6 5 7 
Stickney • 5 4 6 
Russell 6 6 B 9 
Dwight 3 5 6 
Beane 
W' ilder 10 10 
Esty • 
pick 3 
I. O. Converse,' Sec'y. 
S 24 
. 13 .. 
6 21 23 
Peters Cartridge Company's Towrnament at 
Bristol. 
BRtsTpi,, Tenn.— The shoot of the Peters Cartridge Company at 
JJnstol, lenn., was a very successful affair. Shooters were in 
attendance from Richmond, Wytheville, Johnston City, Morris- 
town, Elizabeth, Charlotte, North Carolina, Asheville, Tennessee, 
«ew York and Michigan. The shoot was very ably managed bv 
Air. John Parker, of Detroit. Evervthing went off very smoothly, 
not a single thing occurring to mar the smooth running of the 
tournament. 
The tode was represented by John Parker, of the Peters Car- 
tridge^ Company and King Powder Company; Charles Lincoln, of 
tlie Ij. M. C. Companv; A. H. Fox, of Winchester Repeating 
Arms Co., and James Skelly. 
Robert Pierce, of Wytheville, made high amateur average for two 
days, breaking 322 out of a possible'350, thus winning the Peters 
Cartridge Company trophy. 
A. H. Fox made high average, but being a manufacturer's agent 
was barred from winning the trophy. Mr. Fox complained of being 
quite 111, although his shooting does not show for it. He> claims 
he was not shooting up to his standard. 
The local shooters, Messrs. Rhea, English. King, Bachmann, 
iiison and llicks, show up to good advantage, considering the 
amount of practice that they have had, as the gun club has only 
beeri organized about two months, and therefore they have not had 
enough practice to become proficient in smashing targets 
Several amateur events were shot off, and everybody joined in 
-voting thanks to the Peters Cartridge Company and their repre- 
sentative, John Parker, for their Uberality in giving this shoot, 
the shoot will create a new interest in trapshooting in this 
vicinity. 
Mr. Franklin Stearns, of Richmond, Va., attended the shoot and 
distributed advertising matter pertaining to the Virginia State 
shoot to be held m Richmond, Sept. 2 and 3. He fully expects to 
have at least 150 shooters in attendance. Four sets of traps will 
be arranged, and John Parker, of Detroit, will manage the shoot 
First Day, June 25, 
Events: 1 
Targets; 15 
Obey 10 
Funk 12 
Stevens 14 
Lawson ,S 
McAllister , 12 
Hamm.ond rK. . 13 
Stearns 14 
Pierce 12 
Parker 10 
Lincoln 19 
S L King 9 
Bachmann 11 
English ]1 
Kirkpatrick 9 
Elson ; 7 
Barnett 6 
Weeks 6 
J King 7 
Rhea 8 
Winchester . . 13 
Skelly 10 
Anthony 10 
Burrows 9 
Bushong 3 
Hicks 6 
Cecil 2 
£ B Smith 
Wildasin 
Rice 
Winston 
Dunn 
2 3 4 
15 20 15 
11 18 13 
13 17 12 
11 14 10 
1113 9 
11 16 11 
10 14 6 
13 19 14 
15 18 12 
12 14 13 
17 16 10 
9 13 12 
7 11 12 
15 17 9 
5 10 10 
10 13 7 
7 8 10 
13 14 12 
8 10 7 
11 12 10 
11 19 14 
12 18 13 
12 18 13 
8 11 10 
6 .. 9 
10 14 9 
.. 7 
5 6 
15 20 
10 15 
11 14 
12 13 
11 14 
12 16 
12 15 
14 17 
14 19 
18 13 
12 11 
8 10 
11 11 
13 16 
11 10 
8 14 
9 11 
10 14 
6 15 
11 17 
13 19 
10 16 
14 18 
7 8 
15 20 
13 17 
12 19 
11 18 
8 10 
14 13 
10 18 
13 17 
15 19 
14 13 
14 16 
9 .. 
8 16 
12 19 
13 16 
6 11 
11 17 
10 13 
S 10 
11 15 
14 17 
14 18 
13 14 
9 10 
15 25 
10 14 
14 20 
8 24 
7 21 
15 24 
10 23 
14 21 
15 23 
13 IS 
12 19 
7 16 
9 21 
12 22 
11 17 
8 15 
11 18 
7 .. 
9 .. 
11 16 
14 23 
11 20 
11 22 
10 15 
10 8 
5 11 
12 14 11 20 
9 13 1114 
6 .. 4 .. 
■9 10 9 
5 9 5 .. 
7 16 .. 22 
9 14 10 . . 
.. .. 6 .. 
Broke. 
131 
144 
135 
112 
144 
131 
156 
162 
140 
134 
93 
117 
146 
US 
99 
108 
99 
SO 
122 
158 
142 
145 
ioo ■ 
104 
iSecond Day, Jane 26, 
Events : 1 
Target.s : 15 
Otey 11 
Funk 11 
McAUister 14 
Lawson 8 
Stevens 11 
Stearns 12 
Anthony 10 
Hammond 11 
Pierce 13 
Skelly ..H... 11 
Winchester 15 
Parker 9 
Elson 11 
Bachmann 12 
English 13 
Rhea ^ 9 
Bushong 11 
Kirkpatrick 8 
■S King 
Barnett 
2 3 
15 20 
13 16 
12 20 
10 17 
9 14 
11 11 
14 IS 
13 15 
12 17 
13 19 
13 17 
12 19 
10 18 
10 12 
10 17 
15 19 
6 12 
12 14 
12 17 
4 5 
15 15 
9 10 
13 13 
13 13 
10 13 
10 11 
9 15 
12 15 
11 13 
13 14 
10 14 
14 15 
11 8 
12 9 
11 10 
8 12 
10 11 
12 10 
13 9 
6 7 8 
20 15 20 
12 9 17 
18 15 17 
16 14 19 
11 9 17 
15 12 19 
16 13 19 
14 12 15 
18 12 16 
17 15 18 
15 12 15 
19 15 19 
15 8 20 
12 9 16 
16 12 15 
16 11 17 
12 14 16 
14 10 15 
17 12 17 
16 12 13 8 12 
9 10 
15 25 
14 14 
13 17 
11 20 
10 16 
11 21 
13 25 
14 17 
10 17 
15 23 
12 19 
14 25 
12 21 
8 15 
11 17 
12 18 
8 .. 
12 16 
13 20 
10 .. 
7 15 
Broke. 
125 
149 
147 
117 
135 
154 
137 
187 
160 
141 
167 
023 
114 
119 
141 
126 
1,38 
Fort SmithjGon CItjfa, 
Fort Smith, Ark.. June 28.— As the time for the eleventh aiinual 
tournainent of the Arkansas State Sportsmen's Association, to be 
held at Pine Bluff, July 9, 10 and 11, draws nigh, there is renewed 
interest in trapshooting, and some new faces are being seen on the 
local grounds. Some of the old-timers also are putting in an 
appearance, and what appeared to promise a "frost' in the 
trapshooting for this season now looks much brighter, and the 
attendance will soon be up to the standard. 
There were two squads lined up yesterday, composed of four 
men each, and while the boys got to shootirig so late that it was 
too dark to make good scores, everybody seemed to enjoy the 
sport very much^ 
Bob Hunt and Judge Oglesby were having a very hot time over 
some small side bets between themselves, and the way Bob was 
strutting around after the smoke cleared away, it is believed he had 
slightly the better of the argument. 
Walter Mann and Mr. Cain, of the Mutual Life, and Mr. 
Cox, the broker, have organized themselves into a special squad, 
and as Mr. Mann, who is a railroad conductor, is out on his run 
on regular shoot days they go out to the grounds and shoot be- 
tween regular days. They are fast developmg and promise to make 
it warm for some of the old-timers soon. 
Mrs. Chas. Boyd and niece. Miss Mary Rawlings, of Memphis, 
witnessed the shooting from their carriage, and became so in- 
terested that their spirited horse almost ran away with them, but 
as the horse dashed across the shooting grounds some of the 
gentlemen caught the animal by the bridle and put a stop to 
what might have been a serious accident. 
On July 4 the club will give a shoot and will run ten evetits, 
each of 10 birds, $1 entrance, including birds, Dallas system of 
dividing moneys, which is quite a novelty and is as follows: 
Each contestant receives for each bird broken 5 cents, regardless 
of the number broken, and the balance left in the purse is di- 
vided according to the Rose system, among the men who occupy 
the three highest places. 
Following are the scores for the Peters trophy up to date: 
Shot 
at. Broke. Av. 
Shot 
at. Broke. 
337 
Av. 
Leach 450 337 . 749 
Webber 150 110 . 730 
Echols .-150 108 .720 
Williams 450 298 . 662 
Mulraney 60 39 . 650 
Kimmons 225 140 .622 
Boyd 435 251 .577 
Knott 75 
Spicer 150 
Littlejohn ...... 75 
Singleton 115 
McCorkle 3S 
Gardner ........ 73 
44 
86 
40 
51 
14 
27 
.590 
.570 
..522 
.469 
.400 
.360 
East Side Gan Cltifa. 
Leach. 
Newark, N. J., June 27.— Good birds, good shooting and a 
straightaway breeze were the conditions conspicuous in the shoot 
of the East Side Gun Club to-day. Some tumbler pigeons in 
the lot of birds made some complex problems to solve in the way 
of flights: 
Davis, 27 1021220110— 7 T Clinchard, 27.... 2122101111— 9 
1 IT Chasmar, 27.. 1021211200— 7 Hichards, 27 ...2121221201—9 
"Schorty, 29 2111122222-10 Tucker, 27 2212221201—9 
Hassinger. 29 2222120112— 9 Ferment, 39. 1122222102— 9 
013.S5 A 
Koegel 10 70 64 Schorty 7 .. 62 
Hassinger 8 .. 63 Ferment 5 .. 60 
Class B. 
Davis 10 .. 63 T Fischer 4 .. 56 
J Clinchard 6 .. 62 iHarrison 10 .. 50 
